1990 Slovak parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 8 and 9 June 1990 alongside federal elections. They were the first elections after the Velvet Revolution, and the first free elections since 1946. The Public Against Violence party emerged as the largest in the Slovak National Council, winning 48 of the 150 seats. In the aftermath of the election Public Against Violence formed a grand coalition with the Christian Democratic Movement.
Electoral system
These were the only elections with a 3% electoral threshold; it was raised to 5% for the 1992 elections.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Against Violence | 991,285 | 29.35 | 48 |
| Christian Democratic Movement | 648,782 | 19.21 | 31 |
| Slovak National Party | 470,984 | 13.94 | 22 |
| Communist Party of Slovakia | 450,855 | 13.35 | 22 |
| Coexistence–Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement | 292,636 | 8.66 | 14 |
| Democratic Party | 148,567 | 4.40 | 7 |
| Party of Greens | 117,871 | 3.49 | 6 |
| Alliance of Farmers and the Countryside | 85,060 | 2.52 | 0 |
| Social Democracy | 61,401 | 1.82 | 0 |
| Freedom Party | 60,041 | 1.78 | 0 |
| Romas | 24,797 | 0.73 | 0 |
| Movement of Czechoslovakian Understanding | 13,417 | 0.40 | 0 |
| People's Democratic Party–Rally for the Republic | 7,023 | 0.21 | 0 |
| Free Bloc | 3,326 | 0.10 | 0 |
| Czechoslovakian Socialist Party | 1,166 | 0.03 | 0 |
| Czechoslovakian Democratic Forum | 515 | 0.02 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 77,925 | – | – |
| Total | 3,455,651 | 100 | 150 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,622,650 | 95.39 | – |
| Source: Statistics.sk | |||
